Unintelligent Design

...they gave Warren Ellis the New Universe line to play with?

Fear.

Heading north in a few minutes. See some of you later.

Which leads us, via tangent, to...

Kung Fu Hustle makes references to a lot of other movies, but not in an annoyingly obvious way. The scene in which the Landlady pursues Sing is right out of an old Roadrunner cartoon. And the two assassins in suits, hats, and sunglasses who tell the gang boss that actually, they're musicians ... did anyone else hear "Are you the police?" "No, ma'am, we're musicians" in their head like I did?

Ah. Good. So that wasn't just me thinking that, then... :)

Over the last couple of days I've been listening to...

Cee-Lo
Gorillaz
The Bravery
Cheikh Lô
Warsaw Village Band
Rico
Hard-Fi
Kurt Weill
Johann Baptist Vanhal
Salif Keita

Aside from Rico, none of it's exactly goth/industrial, is it? Ho hum. :)

"We live in an age now where you would never cast an older Doctor," says Russell T Davies in an interview for the show. "Absolutely never. Never over fifty, I wouldn't say over forty-five actually. So we'll always have young Doctors now, because that's what a hero is these days."

He goes from "never" through "always" to the important bit - "these days". These days won't last forever. Perhaps the targer audience will remain hostile to the idea of an older Doctor for years to come. But perhaps it won't - SF's in a slightly different situation from police procedurals and Doctor Who isn't an ensemble show like West Wing or Six Feet Under...

...but even so, Patrick Stewart seemed to work in ST:TNG and Edward Woodward worked just fine in The Equalizer. Never say never, hmm?

David Davis is actually quite dangerous when wielding a rusty meathook. Cameron did not come out of that well - I wonder if he's still the favourite to win?

I'm never likely to vote for either of 'em, but it'll be interesting to see where this one goes.

Whitby.

Leaving now. See some of you there.

Spread the word...

The Last Dance
+ Razorblade Kisses
+ TBA

November 18th. £5 on the door.

The Jailhouse
Much Park St.
Coventry
CV1 2LU

It's part of the UK tour being arranged by Martin/oldgoth (Insanitorium) and it's a bargain, in my opinion. A chance to see Calfornia's TLD playing a local venue, support from Southampton's rbkisses and DJing by the Insanitorium team until the early hours.

See some of you Coventry goth (and 'not-exactly-goth') folk there? Coventry's been quiet lately and this strikes me as a very good use of £5 and a spare evening. It'd be nice to see a few other Midlands types there, too - it's been a while since we've had a proper gathering of the horde at the Jailhouse, so...

Another day, another unfortunate PR incident for the US military - this time in Afghanistan. In front of an Australian news crew.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4359128.stm

"You are too scared to retrieve their bodies. This just proves you are the ladyboys we always believed you to be."